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Is Oroville East in a fire hazard severity zone?
96.8% of Oroville East is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 85.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Oroville East ranks 296 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 8.12 sq mi Very High, 10.48 sq mi High, 2.49 sq mi Moderate, out of 21.78 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 85.4% is 34.5 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $381,900 is 7% below the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BAR in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 4, 1960s: 1, 1980s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Oroville East for liquefaction or landslides, so the absence of a seismic hazard zone proves nothing.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Oroville East
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was WALL in 2017 (6,028 acres in total).
- BAR (2024), 34 acres
- THOMPSON (2024), 3,782 acres
- WALL (2017), 6,028 acres
- BANGOR (2016), 143 acres
- CANAL (1989), 595 acres
- LONG BAR RD. #1 (1961), 1,064 acres
- PALMERO RD. (1959), 557 acres
- NORTH HONCUT CREEK (1959), 800 acres
- SKYLINE (1959), 368 acres
- SWEDES FLAT (1954), 849 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Oroville East touches the Bangor map.
Nearby places compared
- Kelly Ridge, 1.8 mi north: 92.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $266,300
- South Oroville, 3.9 mi southwest: 43.6% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $248,400
- Oroville, 4.8 mi west: 9.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $280,600
- Palermo, 6.0 mi southwest: 63.4% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $287,000
- Robinson Mill, 8.2 mi east: 96.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Rackerby, 8.4 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $387,500
- Bangor, 9.3 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $363,600
- Thermalito, 9.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $257,400
- Berry Creek, 9.4 mi northeast: 83.1% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $276,400
- Challenge-Brownsville, 11.0 mi east: 84.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $338,900
- Cherokee, 11.0 mi north: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Forbestown, 11.2 mi east: 61.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $195,800